Door holder



v April 27,1926.

A, P. VANDREY DOOR HOLDER y wm unirse stares PtTENT Gilifit.

.ADOLPH ".i?. VANDREY, OF IJANKATQ, IVINNESOTA.

DGOB HOLDER.

Application iletl May12, 1925. Serial No. 29,748.

y To all fro/'ioni it' may concern:

Be it known that l, Anonrir P. VANDnin,

a citizen ot the `United States, residing at Mankato, in the county ciBlue Earth, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door Holders; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in holdingdevices, and particularly to devices tor holding doors in open position.

One object of the invention is to provide a door holder which is simplein construe tion, cheap to manufacture, and eective in use.

Another object is to provide a device oi thischaracter which isautomatic in its operation to engage and hold a door in open position,and whichk is readily actuated, manually, to be released from the door.

Another object is to provide a novel and simple means for releasing thedoor engaging detent, whereby the number of parts isv limited to aminimum.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with'the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view o'`Y the door holding device inoperation.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional View through thedevice.

Referring 'particularly to the accompanying drawing, representsa'fragment -o'tl the upper portion of a door, and 11 a portion or a wall,in connection with which the present invention is particularly adaptedtor'use.

An angular U-'shaped member 12 is pro vided withthe opposite laterally7turned feet 13, on the legs thereohand said legs are secured to the taceof the wall 11 by means of the screws 14e. The U-sliaped portion of thismember 12 extends at right angles from the tace of the wall, and at asutiicientheight to permit the upper edge of the door 10 to eas ilypassthereunder, when said door is in open position and adjacent said wall.Disposed transversely through the legs of the member l2, adjacent thebight of said member is a pivot pin 15, and pivotally supported 55 onthis pin, and extending inwardly in the direction ot the wall 11, is anangular U- shaped member 16, the bight portion of which is provided wita central dpening 1'?. This member 16 is adapted to swing down 60wardly, below the lower edges oit the legs of the member 12, to asutiicient distance to be engaged and raised by the upper edge ot thedoor, when said door is moved under the member 12, said member 16 thenswinging 65 downwardly to engage with the outer :tace ot the upperportion ot the door, as clearly seen in Figure 1, ot the drawing. l e

Extending transversely through the inner portions of the legs of themember 12, is

a pivot pin 18, and mounted on this pin, for

rocking movement, is a member 19, the. end adyacent the member lbeingreduced and disposed in an opening 20, formed in the bight portion ofthe said member 16. To '75 the other end ot the pivoted member 19 thereis secured the'upper end oi a cord or wire 2l, said wire depending inclose proximity to the wall 11, within convenient reach to be pulled forthe purpose of rocking the niem- S0 ber 19, to transmit such movement tothe member 1G, whereby to raise the latter member above the edge of thedooi, and permit the door to be swung into closed position.

ii/'hat isI claimed is: 85 1. i door holder comprising a' bracket havingattaching feet, a yoke pivotally mounted in tie bracket and normallygravitating below the bracket tor engagement by a door, the yoke havingan opening, a iockable member pivotally supported by the braclretrandhaving a reduced end engaged operatively in the opening oit said pivotedyoke, and operating means carried by the other end of the rockable,memberwhereby to move the yoke out of engagement with a door.

2. A door holder comprising a vyokeshaped bracket having` laterallyextending attaching feet, a yoke pivotally mounted in the bracketadjacent the big'ht thereof and normally gravitating below the bracketfor engagement by a door, the bight of the pvoted yoke having anopening, a rooliable member pivotallyv supported by the arms of thebracket inWardl),v of the pivoted yoke and having a reduced end engagedoperativel;7 in the opening of Said member, and operating means carriedby the other cnd ot' the rockable member Whereb)v to move thc 10 yokeout of engagement with a door.

In testi1nonv whereof, I alix my .Qignatm-(.

ADOLPH P. VANDER Y.

